Halford, D.A. (9 September 1992), Review of the genus Oldenlandia L. (Rubiaceae) and related genera in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 700, Figs 1F & 5A-D, Map 8 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. BURKE DISTRICT: Along Donors Hill–Burketown road. Upper Alexandra River (Landsborough R.) branch of the Leichhardt River near `Talawanta', 18°37'S, 140°15'E, 26 April 1974, R.Pullen 8916 (holo: BRI; iso: CANB)."

• Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the shape of the corolla lobes."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hedyotis sp. Talawanta (R.Pullen 8916) [n/a]

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

Gibbons, K.L. (June 2020), Hedyotis, Oldenlandia and related genera (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Australia: New genera and new combinations in an Asian-Australian-Pacific lineage. Taxon 69(3): 532 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Australia, Queensland, Along Donor’s Hill–Burketown Road, Upper Alexandria River (Landsborough R.) branch of the Leichhardt River near “Tallawanta”, 26 Apr 1974, R. Pullen 8916 (BRI barcode BRI-AQ0328504!; isotype: CANB barcode CANB258811 [image!])."

Gibbons, K.L. (June 2020), Hedyotis, Oldenlandia and related genera (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Australia: New genera and new combinations in an Asian-Australian-Pacific lineage. Taxon 69(3): 532 [basionym]

basionym of: Dolichocarpa spathulata (Halford) K.L.Gibbons legitimate

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2020), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2019 to 2020. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2020: 18 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dolichocarpa spathulata (Halford) K.L.Gibbons legitimate

Brown, G.K. (December 2021), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2020 to 2021. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2021: 12 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dolichocarpa spathulata (Halford) K.L.Gibbons legitimate

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